Mid-October finds regulatory activity back at slow ebb, with action “nibbling at the corners” vice featuring heavy rulemaking. Hopefully everyone is getting a chance to catch up with their autumn chores—winter will soon be with us! Here’s this week’s news: PHMSA PHMSA and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) are publishing a revised Regulatory Impact Analysis…
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Embracing Sustainability in DG Packaging: A Path Forward
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Shaping the Future of Dangerous Goods: 2024 DG Symposium Recap
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The Best of the Best in the Dangerous Goods Industry: The 2024 DG Hall of Fame
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Label Finder Updates Include International Shipping Options
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DG Digest: PHMSA Suspends Parts of HMR in Puerto Rico and OSHA Publishes its Top 10 Violations for 2016
The first week of October has wrapped up and in contrast to the last week of September, things returned to the more typical quiet that has characterized regulatory activity in general since the advent of the new administration last January. Gives us all more time to rake leaves! Here’s the latest: Chemical Hazard & Safety…
Is your operation ready for a lithium battery device recall?
Chris Harvey is Director of Recall Solutions at Stericycle Expert Solutions. This post is based on the white paper Taking Charge: Effective Management of Lithium-ion Battery Recalls. With complex and rapidly shifting regulatory requirements, lithium-ion batteries and devices present one of the greatest challenges of all product recalls. As a manufacturer in this environment, it…
DG Digest: PHMSA Issues Pair of ICRs, USPS to Hold Webinar on LiBat Shipping, and BNSF Seeks O.K. to Use Drones
This morning’s blog finds our nation reeling from yet another senseless and horrific act of gun violence. As we mourn the most recent wave of victims, let us all hope that someday, peace and reason and hope will replace fear and ignorance and anger as the way that all of us choose to relate to…
Global survey demonstrates DG pros’ commitment to compliance
Can Dangerous Goods professionals make compliance a greater priority within their organizations? What’s holding them back? Those questions—and some intriguing clues to the answers—emerge in the results of the first-ever global survey of Dangerous Goods professionals. The survey, a joint effort of Labelmaster and Hazardous Cargo Bulletin, polled more than 400 hazmat pros in North…
DG Digest: PHMSA Issues Emergency Waivers for Hurricane-stricken Areas
Fall is here, and with it the cool weather and fast approaching holidays we all enjoy so much. Hopefully your season is filled with pleasant plans and lots to do! Regulatory activity remains fairly minimal, although some action related to the recent catastrophic hurricanes has occurred. Let’s take a look at the latest updates: PHMSA…
Watch the video that has hazmat pros cheering and laughing
We kicked off the recent 2017 Dangerous Goods Symposium with a video that had nearly 300 DG professionals roaring. Kids Say the DG’est Things introduces kids to the challenges we face every day, and their candid responses are adorable, hilarious and—ultimately—a touching tribute to the importance of the DG professional. Enjoy the video? Leave a…
DG Digest: Transport Canada Explores Mandatory DG Certification & AAR Will Meet to Discuss Bulk Transport of Hazmat
Fall is just around the corner; the official first day of autumn is this Friday. Will the regulatory pace increase to wrap up the year? Time will tell. Meanwhile, here’s what was new this week: PHMSA The agency issued notifications for its receipt of both applications for new Special Permits as well as modifications of…
Labelmaster salutes “Haul Stars” for National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
Labelmaster is celebrating National Truck Driver Appreciation Week by visiting a few of our customers in the area to share coffee, breakfast and our exclusive “Haul Stars” t-shirts. It’s the least we can do to show our appreciation for the folks who transport 94 percent of all hazmat shipped in the U.S. That’s 1.3 million…
A “Haul Stars” playlist for National Truck Driver Appreciation Week
There are lots of great songs about trucking, but you won’t find any of them here. This is a playlist for people who drive for a living—an hour’s worth of songs, mostly about roads and highways, to help give your next drive a little more magic. Listen to the whole playlist on Spotify at bit.ly/labelmaster-ntdaw.…
